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{{Short description|Ugandan security agency}}
The '''Joint Anti-Terrorist Task Force''' ('''JATF''') is a [[security agency]] of the [[Government of Uganda]]. The [[Yoweri Museveni|Museveni administration]] created the JATF through the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2002.

The Task Force's main focus is fighting the [[Lord's Resistance Army]], a militant cult operating in northern Uganda which the United States government designated a [[List of terrorist organisations|terrorist organization]] in 2001. Along with the [[Internal Security Organization]] (ISO) and the [[Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence]] (CMI), from which the JATF draws many of its members, since its inception, the unit has thwarted several terrorism incidents and continue to operate behind curtains for most of its operations.

==See also==
*[[Human rights in Uganda]]
*[[Uganda People's Defence Force]]

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081019010656/http://hrw.org/english/docs/2003/10/03/uganda6428.htm Security Force Executions Reported (Human Rights Watch, October 3, 2003)]


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[[Category:Government agencies of Uganda]]
[[Category:Law enforcement in Uganda]]
[[Category:Terrorism in Uganda]]
[[Category:Counterterrorism]]


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